Bomb in Cairo targets tourists

Feb 23rd 2009, 09:00

A French tourist was killed and another 20 people injured in a bomb explosion in Cairo, Egypt yesterday.

The bomb exploded at an open air cafe filled with tourists in the Khan al-Khalili area. According to reports the French tourist killed was a 17-year old girls on a trip with a group of young people from Levallois, France.

It is thought the homemade bomb was thrown from the upper floor of a hotel. The area is popular with tourists.

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